Medicine Hat Reopens Wading Pools After Petition Drive
City Council votes to reopen the four wading pools for seven weeks, aided by $5,000 from service clubs and an estimated $2,500 to $3,000 extra from city coffers. A 2,573 signature petition led by Barbara Saylor urged the move, citing children’s need for social recreation. Health tests will be daily, and two pools will run five days a week while two open seven days. service clubs participating include Kinsmen Lions Rotary and Bnai Brith.
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Micheal Marr
Danielle
Lan Scott
Budget debate erupts as Clark blasts deceitful tactics
In Ottawa the opposition assails Finance Minister MacEachen as the budget hides tax hikes. Joe Clark says unemployment premium rises cost workers and push small firms toward bankruptcy while Ed Broadbent labels a $4 billion drain. Clark names Turner Trudeau MacEachen Lalonde as four horsemen of economic apocalypse.
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Canada
Marc Lalonde
Reagan May Send Troops to Lebanon in PLO Evacuation Plan
Several hundred U.S. troops could escort PLO guerrillas out of West Beirut as part of an evacuation plan tied to a possible international force. France denied knowledge of the plan while Israel and U.S. officials flagged tentative troop numbers and temporary involvement, with final details unsettled.
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West
Medicine Hat Eyes 47 Percent Tax Hike for 1983
City councilbörs budget talks as finance director Ardiel signals a potential 47.14 percent tax rise for 1983 to cover rising costs. Alderman Davison announces an early public budget process with nine members on the committee and a push for public input before decisions.
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Council
Bob Archel
Ardiel
George Davison
Davison
Public Works Committee
Utilities Department
Grimm
Caught Convicted Killer Recaptured After Escape
Harvey Andres, who previously escaped Edmonton Institution in a garbage truck, was recaptured Monday in a hail of bullets. Medicine Hat Blue Jays ended their one game skid by defeating the Billings Mustangs in Billings.
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Billings
Canada may replace dollar bills with new $1 coin
The Royal Canadian Mint plans a larger than quarter but smaller than 50 cent coin to replace the one dollar bill by end of next year. Officials say design, size and metals are decided while Mint VP stays noncommittal. Transit officials and vending firms push for the change.
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Royal Canadian Mint
Barry Costello
Calgary
Alyre Cormier
Canadian Urban Transportation Association
Denis Cudahy
Mint
Costello
Cormier
Cudahy
G.T. Trotman
Crash near Moscow kills all aboard Ilyushin-62 bound for West Africa
A Soviet Ilyushin-62 airliner crashed shortly after takeoff from Sheremetyevo airport killing all passengers on board. Officials said the craft may have carried up to 182 people and that no one could have survived. The incident occurred about 11 kilometres from the airport.
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Reuter
West Africa
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